How to start an MDI empty?

[ric]

I do not want, when I start my MDI program, a Child Window to be created and displayed. I have trace it but I cannot find what to modify or delete.

Any idea is appreciated

Thanks

[Jason Teagle]

Put the following 'if' block:

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if (cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand != CCommandLineInfo::FileNew)
{
.
.
.
}



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around the existing code lines:

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// Dispatch commands specified on the command line
if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))
return FALSE;



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in your app's InitInstance() method (that way, if the command line is blank (which is changed to FileNew), then the command will NOT get processed).

How's that?

[Xiaojian Liu]

Replace

// Parse command line for standard shell commands, DDE, file open
CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);


// Dispatch commands specified on the command line
if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))
return FALSE;


with this

// Parse command line for standard shell commands, DDE, file open
CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);

// no empty document window on startup before clicking the File New (XL)
if (cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand == CCommandLineInfo::FileNew) {
cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand = CCommandLineInfo::FileNothing;
}
// Dispatch commands specified on the command line
if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))
return FALSE;

in BOOL CyourApp::InitInstance().

It works for MDI.

[Jason Teagle]

I knew there was slightly different way, but CCmdLineInfo::FileNothing is not listed in the help with VC++ V4.0, so I couldn't remember it and didn't trust my memory; but I think the other way also works OK, since if /p or a filename are specified on the command line then CCmdLineInfo::m_nShellCommand will NOT be CCmdLineInfo::FileNew and so ProcessShellCommand() WILL get executed in that situation.

Thanks for the reminder, though.